Kings Of Leon hope to follow up their U.S. breakthrough album Only By The Night with a new record in the fall of 2010. Guitarist Matthew Followill told the BBC their next album could be "a little grungier" with a target of late next year. Singer/guitarist Caleb Followill added, "I think we are definitely considering doing something that people aren't gonna expect from us."

Stevie Wonder will be honored at the White House on February 25 as this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. President Obama, a self-professed huge Stevie fan, will present the Gershwin Prize to Wonder. Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Mary Mary, will.i.am and more will perform at the event, which will air as a special on PBS the following day.

Leonard Cohen will embark on his first U.S. tour in 15 years starting on April 2 in Austin, TX. The tour is set to wrap on June 2 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver, CO. On March 31, Columbia Records will release Cohen's Live In London, a chronicle of the singer/songwriter/poet's historic July 17, 2008 concert at London's O2 arena.

INXS has decided to part ways with their latest lead singer, JD Fortune, and a major announcement about the band's future will made in the next few weeks, according to Australia's Herald Sun. "The members are scattered all around the globe at the moment," band spokeswoman Chrissy Camp said. "But I have tracked one of them down, and he's told me they will be putting out a statement about their future in the next couple of weeks." It is unclear if that means INXS will seek a new singer or simply call it a day.

Electric Light Orchestra bassist Kelly Groucutt has passed away at the age of 62 after suffering a heart attack, reports NME. Groucutt joined ELO in time to record their 1975 album Face the Music. After he left the group in 1983, he often played with spin-off bands such as The Orchestra, Orkestra and ELO Part 2.